Improved carriage-curtain fastener



A. WOEBER.

Carriage-Curtain Fastening.

Patented Sept .17. 1867 Jails. PHOTO-IJTNOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D C

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERNr I Be it known that I, AMANDUS WOEBER, of.thecity of Davenport, in the county of Scott, and State of Iowa, haveinvented a newa'nd useful Improvement on Carriage-Curtain Fasteners; andI do hereby. declare that the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of-the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ofthisspecification, in which i i Figure 1 is an outside view of the curtainas fastened by a rubber flap, properly adjusted over'the knob. Figure 2is a vertical section of the knob and fastener, as indicated by the linea: y in fig. 1. Figure 3 is a view of the curtain unfastensd, showing,by dotted lines, the metallic eyelet under the rubber. Like letters inthe dilferent figures of the drawi ngsindicate like parts.

My invention consists in providing a rubber flap with an eyelet holetherein: attached on the outside and over a metallic eyelet for thepurpose of more securely fastening carriage-curtains.

To enable others skilled in .the art to make anduse my invention, I willproceed ti) describe itsconstruction and operation.

A is a rubber flap, with eyelet hole B. C is a metallic eyelet, and I)the 'knobor-button. The rubber used ordinarily is from one-sixteenth toone-eighth of an inch-in thickness; a less or greater thickness'may beused when required. Of this rubber flaps are cut of suitable size andshape, and a. round hole punched through the centre. The hole is madesmall enough, so that when the rubberlis pressedover the knob or button,its elaslieity will cause the rubber toclo'se up and fit snugly tothe'neck of'th e knob. The rubber flap is attached, at

the upper part thereof, to the curtain above, and so as to extend overthe metallic eyelet, and is buttoned over the-knob outside of themetallic eyelet, and thus fastens the curtain more securely and withless expense than the fasteners now in use i ,The rubber used for thispurpose heretofore was placed and fastened between the metallic eyelets,and was more liable to be pressed off the knobby an outward pressure ofthe curtain; and when by use it became worn and useless, it was not soreadily removed and new rubber attached without injury to thecurtaius.My plan of attaching the rubber on the outside allows it to be made ofsuificient size to possess the requisite elasticity and strength, sothat when pressed over the knob after the curtain is buttoned, it closestightly around the neck, and catches against theshoulders of the knob,when the curtain is pressed outward, so eifectually closing up the spacebetween the metallic eye and knob as to render it almost impossible tounbutton thecurtain without first removing the rubber, When by use therubber flap'becomes impaired, it is readily removed and a new oneattached, with very little expense and without injuring'the curtains.They may also be readily attachedand used upon carriages with thefasteners now in use, as well as upon new curtains. V

Havingthusi'ully described the construction and operation of myinvention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-. p p

1. Providing a rubber flap with eyelet hole attached outside and overmetallic eyelet, substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose asherein described.

2. The rubber flap, with hole, as ,attachedland arranged, in combinationwith'metallic eyelet and curtain knob or button, substantially in themanner and for, the purpose as herein described.

AMA'NDUS WOEBER.

Witnesses:

Monrrz GOLDFRIEDRIGH,

M. SMILEY.

